THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
May 3, 2021 at 19:00 JST
A signboard says the street is closed for the Hokkaido-Sapporo Marathon Festival, a Tokyo Olympic rehearsal event, in Sapporo’s Chuo Ward on April 27. (Noboru Okada)
SAPPORO--City officials here will impose stricter measures to battle the growing COVID-19 crisis, but some of the loudest public groans are over the decision to still hold a pre-Olympic event in the Hokkaido capital. [Read More]
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